Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thanks for the question. Yes, I agree. I think it is problematic enough if a woman finds herself in an abusive relationship, but as I tried to make clear in my comments, I think it becomes even more problematic if their whole life in Canada is threatened because of the relations

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes, I would just like to add one point concerning the conditional residency requirement, which is that in your questioning of the people from CIC, what struck me when reading the evidence was that David Manicom said that if it's a question of deterring marriage of convenience, m

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I'm a professor at the graduate school of public and international affairs at the University of Ottawa. My comments today are based on my work on Canada's immigration system and its effect on women in general, and vulnerable women in particular. The remit